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Elmer
Wayne HENLEY Jr.

Elmer Wayne Henley

Elmer Wayne Henley

Admits Involvement. Broaddus, Texas: Elmer Wayne Henley, 17, who
has confessed to
police having been
involved with a homosexual
friend in the slaying of "25 or 30" young
boys, covers his face as
he talks to
newsmen while police working nearby unearthed
two bodies
late, August 9, 1973.

Houston Police detectives escort Elmer Wayne
Henley into a courtroom
in August 1973, after he killed Dean Corll.

High Island, Texas: Elmer Wayne Henley, 17, leads law enforcement
agents along a grassy dune on a
beach at High Island, Texas, August
10, 1973, as they search for more victims in the sex-related
killings over the past three years. So far a total of 23 victims
have been recovered.

High Island, TX.: David O. Brooks, murderer in background wearing
handcuffs as Elmer Henley lead
law enforcement agents, as they
search for more victims in the sex related killings over the past
three years. So far, a total of 23 victims have been recovered.

High Island, Texas: Elmer Henley, 17, left, and David Brooks, 18,
take a break during the search for
bodies, August 10. The two
teenagers led police to burial sites in a pine forest and this sandy
beach
as officers dug up more bodies of young boys killed during a
three-year sex and sadism spree.

Elmer Wayne Henley

"Trusties" excavate the area.

Elmer Wayne Henley

Elmer Wayne Henley, Jr. Pictured at age 18 during his trial in
San Antonio, July, 1974.

Wayne Henley hides his face

April 8, 1974 - San Antonio, TX.: Elmer Wayne Henley, 17, (R),
accused of 6 of 27 Houston
mass murders,
is escorted to District
Court by Chief Bexar County Deputy Rudy Garza, (L).
Henley is
appearing at a
pretrial hearing before District Judge Preston Dial,
who is to hear
pretrial motions and arguments.

Wayne Henley, pictured at his appeal against his initial
conviction in December, 1978.

Corpus Christi, Texas: Elmer Wayne Henley, in 6/5/79 photo, was
found guilty and given
six life sentences 6/27, in 148th District
Court by an eight-man, four-women jury. He was
convicted on charges
of killing six Houston boys in 1972-1973.

Corpus Christi, TX.: Elmer Wayne Henley was found guilty and
sentenced on six life sentences
in federal court by an 8 man 4 woman jury.

Elmer Wayne Henley

Elmer Wayne Henley

Elmer Wayne Henley is seen during an interview
at the Michael Unit prison in Tennessee
Colony, Texas,
Thursday, May
1, 2008. Henley is serving six life sentences with little
chance of
parole for his role in the torture and murder of 27 young boys in
the early
1970s _ at the time, the worst mass murder
in the
country's history.
(AP Photo/LM Otero)